Thanksgiving Turkey Pretzels

Just as I was getting ready to post, I found myself in a bit of a medical pickle. For those of you who keep up with my blog, you may remember that we have had a history of hospital visits over the last few holidays (Ben/broken arm, Mike/Kidney Stones, Jim/Ulcer, Pat/Poison Oak, Kendra/Strep, J.D./Strep).

My turn.

Lucky me.

All is okay, but now I find it is the day after Thanksgiving and I still haven’t posted any of my pre-Thanksgiving tips, still haven’t make bread pudding and, quite frankly, haven’t yet ironed the shirt I intended to wear for Thanksgiving (you don’t need to iron flannel jammies).

Next week, I’ll fill you in on Thanksgiving Dinner and how my (wonderful, brilliant, amazing) family pulled it off, but dog-gone it, I’m going to show you my pretzel turkey.

Ever since we made the butterfly pretzels this summer, I thought the same approach could be used for turkeys. And so, over the past few months, I found myself thinking about the construction of my … <drum roll please>….

Pretzel Thanksgiving Turkey.

You don’t need many ingredients, although Malted Milk Balls and small twisted pretzels are key ingredients. For the wings, you can use M & Ms, Reeses Pieces or even candy sprinkles (Carson’s favorite). I used the white part of some candy corn left over from Halloween for the beak and made some royal icing for the eyes (you can use canned, too). To “glue” it all together, you can melt some chocolate chips or you can use candy melts (candy melts set up better).

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